Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4 (Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension)
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Movie Reviews of Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4 (Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension)
Movie Review: Commentaries are great to have.
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the picture quality of this great DVD set and also the commentaries on all of the movies. These are movies I can watch over and over again and never get tired of. Along with the commentaries they are a pretty good education in film noir. Movie Review: ijustlovetheoldies
Summary: 5 Stars
hats off,this is the best collection of film noir yet if i could give it more stars i would,buy it now i guarantee you wont be disappointed Movie Review: A Surprisingly Good Collection
Summary: 5 Stars
I've bought all the series, this being the fourth. I thought they might be stretching things a bit. The scripts are a bit ragged, but there is a terrific range of points of view. The transfers are nice, and all the commentaries had something of value, which doubles the running time.
All these films reflect the era. They are about men and women, relationships, but women are amazingly empowered in this era. Noir is about corruption. There is always a price tag on sexual exploration. Everyone uses sex, but they never show any sex.
Much of the acting is sound, even if the style is dated. The impressionism of Noir can be quite beautiful, especially when they bothered to shoot in the real world and not with process or a stage. The seedy world was much broader in these movies. There were layers of degraded humanity. The corrupt people are more comprehensible. Today there is a hard, mega-violent edge that fills the gap. In these movies, bad people are shown in a social context. These films sought more understanding, apparently. Characters travel from one level to another, collapsing into the corruption, many times.
Well done set.
Movie Review: widescreen?
Summary: 5 Stars
loved this set.
did anybody, besides myself, notice that "illegal" was presented in wide screen format?
Movie Review: I Remember When I Saw That.
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought Volume 4 because it was sold as a "deal" with another 50's film that I remembered and bought.
It was quite an experience seeing films that I had watched as a teenager. I was impressed with the crisp black and white photography. It was like going through an old family album looking at the early pictures of actors such as Robert Mitchum in "The Big Steal," Edward G. Robinson in "illegal," "Farley Granger in "They Live by Night," and Sterling Hayden in "Crime Wave". Even though they are all crime movies, they have a certain sweetness that is reminiscent of earlier Anerica. If you want something different, perhaps a bit of nostalgia, this set offers ten hours of viewing.
All of the DVD's played well using my Samsung player.